TiVo Introduction 92 User Manual

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Features of TiVo PlusTM
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Introduction 92

Season Pass, Recording Options, To Do List 93

Find Your Favorite Programs 98

Find Programs That Match Your Interests 103

Finding New Programs 108

Sorting & Grouping Programs 109

Save to VCR 110

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Features of TiVo Plus Service

Introduction

TiVo PlusTM is the service level that you’ve heard everyone talking about—the service
level that features smart, automatic recording, but is still easy to use. This chapter gives
you a full description of all of the features you’ll enjoy when you upgrade to TiVo Plus
service, including:

• Season Pass

series, all season long, even if the schedule changes.

• WishList

• Search by Title. Browse for shows by title, filter by genre (like “Comedy”), and more.

• Interactive 14-day program guide. Instantly schedule recordings from an on-screen

guide that includes detailed show summaries, ratings, etc.

• Online Scheduling. Set up recordings on your DMS at home from anywhere you have

a web browser.

Free Trial of TiVo Plus

For a limited time, you can try TiVo Plus service simply by accepting our free trial after
you get set up. It’s at the bottom of TiVo Central. You won’t be charged a penny until you
upgrade to TiVo Plus service.

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recordings. Automatically record every episode of your favorite

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searches. Find and record programs by actor, director, sports team, etc.

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How do I upgrade to TiVo Plus service? Visit the TiVo web site (www.tivo.com/upgrade)

or call TiVo Customer Support at 1-877-367-8486. To upgrade to TiVo Plus service, you
will need your TiVo service number, found on the System Information screen. Go to TiVo
Central and select Messages & Setup, then System Information.

Season Pass, Recording Options, To Do List

Season Pass, Recording Options, To Do List

The TiVo PlusTM service gives you smart recording capabilities that can detect when a
program’s date or time slot has changed, can find the same program across multiple
channels, and can even tell first run programs from repeats. In addition, with TiVo Plus
you can set a different recording quality for each recording you schedule.

Season Pass and Other Repeating Recordings

There are three types of recordings that repeat automatically:

•Season Pass

channel—even if the day or time changes! It’s automatic and easy to set up. Just select
a program (in the program guide, or search results) and choose “Get a Season Pass.”

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recordings. Records every episode of a series that airs on a certain

• Manual Repeating Recording. Records on a specific channel at a specific time, just as

you would with a VCR. See page 41 for more information.

• Auto-recording WishList

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search. Records all programs found by a WishList search.

See page 107.

These three types of repeating recordings also have the following in common:

• No duplicates within 28 days. If you watch or delete a particular episode or showing,

it will not be recorded automatically again for 28 days. This prevents Now Playing
from filling up with shows you probably don’t want. If you want to record duplicates,
go to Recording Options, Show Type, and select “All (with duplicates).” You can also
schedule a single duplicate recording for a particular program.

• Parental Controls. If Parental Controls are on when you schedule a repeating

recording, the DMS checks its current program information to see if any upcoming
program violates a Parental Control. If it does, the DMS requires the password to
continue. See page 71 for more information.

An exception to the 28-day rule may

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occur if the program wasn’t watched

but was automatically deleted from Now

Playing to make room for another

recording you requested—or if the

program information describes it

incorrectly.

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• Keep at Most. By default, five episodes of a repeating recording program are kept in

Now Playing. You can change this setting; see page 95.

• Resolving conflicts. The TiVo service resolves scheduling conflicts between

repeating recordings by comparing recording priorities. You can change recording
priorities with the Season Pass Manager. (See page 95 for more details).

Recording Options

You can set Recording Options when you set up a recording, or any time later by selecting
the program from the To Do List or the Season Pass Manager, and choosing “Options.”

Setting Recording Options. The Program
Information screen that appears when you select
a program includes choices to “Record this
episode” and “Get a Season Pass.” When one of
these recording actions is highlighted, “Options”
appears to its right. To see the current Recording
Options, use the arrow buttons to highlight
“Options,” then press SELECT.

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To set your Recording Options:

Recording Options

1. Use the UP/DOWN arrows to highlight an
option on the Recording Options screen.

2. Use RIGHT and LEFT arrow to change the setting.

3. When you are done, press SELECT or highlight “Record with these options.”

4. Press SELECT again to schedule the recording with the new options.

To cancel your changes, press LEFT arrow, or highlight “Don’t change recording options”
and press SELECT.

Season Pass, Recording Options, To Do List

Recording Options include:

Record Quality. The choices for Recording Quality are Basic, Medium, High, and

Best. The default setting is High. (Best looks great, but keep in mind that it takes up
more space.) These settings are described on page 74. (This option is not available
once a recording starts.)

Keep At Most. This option sets the maximum number of episodes to be saved—useful
for keeping only the most recent nightly news or only a few of your kids’ daily
programs. The default setting is 5. (This option is available only for a repeating
recording.)

Show Type. The choices are “Repeats & first run,” “First run only,” and
“All (with duplicates).”

Keep Until. You can change this setting from “Space needed” (the default setting) to
“Until I delete.” (This option is available only for a repeating recording.)

Keep At Least. You can set the minimum amount of time the DVR keeps a recording.
The default setting is “Until Space Needed.”

The Overtime Scheduler

Start Recording. You can choose to start recording up to ten minutes before a

program begins. The default setting is “On-time.” (This option is not available once
recording starts.)

Stop Recording. You can set a recording to continue—for a few minutes or up to
three hours—after it’s scheduled to end. For example, you can extend a recording of a
sports event and be sure to catch the whole game—even if it goes into overtime. You
can change this setting when you set up the recording, or while the recording is in
progress! The default setting is “On-time.”

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consists of these two options:

Are two of your favorite programs on

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at the same time? If you use

Recording Options, you can create two

Season Pass recordings for the same

time. Set the first one to record only First

Run episodes; set the second to record

every episode. Use the Season Pass

Manager (described on page 95) to give

the first one higher priority than the

second. Voilà! As long as the program

information is correct, when reruns of the

first program air, your DMS will ignore

them and record episodes of the second

program.

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Season Pass Manager

Say you have a Season Pass to ER and an auto-recording WishList for movies with Julia
Roberts. What if a Julia Roberts movie happens to air at the same time as ER? The DVR
will check the priorities in the Season Pass Manager to decide which program to record. If
the Julia Roberts WishList has a higher priority than the ER Season Pass, the Julia Roberts
movie will be recorded, and ER will not.

Changing the priority order. If you don’t change priorities in the Season Pass Manager,
repeating recordings are prioritized by the order they were set up: the first has highest
priority, and so on. To change the priority order:

1. Use the UP/DOWN arrows to highlight one of your repeating recordings.

2. Press RIGHT arrow to highlight the arrows to the right of the title.

3. Use the UP/DOWN arrows to move the selected title up or down in the list.

Priorities and resolving conflicts. If a conflict occurs when you’re setting up a new
repeating recording, you’ll be shown which programs are involved. You’ll also be given
options to resolve the conflict:

• Record only those programs that do not conflict with others previously scheduled to
record. This gives the repeating recording the lowest priority.

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• Record all programs requested. This gives the repeating recording the highest priority.

4. Canceling a Season Pass. To cancel a Season Pass, just highlight the program’s title
in the Season Pass Manager and press CLEAR. Or, from a Program Information
screen, select “Cancel/edit the Season Pass,” then “Cancel this Season Pass.”